snowflakes

morning by morning

"This is Thy faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies I see..

great is Thy faithfulness, this is my faithfulness

..morning by morning..."

Tommy and Marten sing variations of the hymn all day long.

At some point the message should sink into my heart....

January 1st 2011

One Step Of Triumph

My feet shall never stand on Everest's peak,

Nor smudge the sands of undiscovered shore.

My ears shall never hear the waters roar

Where jungle rivers fall in Mozambique.

For me, no stratospheric flights; I seek

no depths unchartered to the ocean floor.

These will come to others who explore

The geographic goals of which they speak.

Still, I have known the high discovery,

moments when exultation held my hand,

And these have come in no exotic land,

While just one step from my back porch will show

A world and year unsearched, that beckons me

To cast first print in New Year's printless snow.

Ralph W. Seager

True...

yet sometimes

we do wish to explore distant places

and today the new year's snow is new year's rain.

the concert of life

I counted 26 mourning doves on the wires before a few flew off.

It made me think of music, notes perched on the treble cleff, in a rather unimaginative tune.

It made me think of the well known quotation: "In the concert of life we receive no program".

It reminded me that the Maestro has the book ever before Him and that we don't need a program. We need to keep our eyes on Him and He leads note by note and moment by moment.

The year slips away and 2011 will bring challenged, enormous challenges. Yet each moment is orchestrated by the creator who has infinite love for us. Amazing!

chickadee and gold finch

Tiny creatures that live moment by moment, day by day,

never worrying about tomorrow.

mild weather

The surprisingly mild weather seems a gift. A reprieve.

The holiday season likewise a reprieve

before the whirlwind of appointments

and unknowns are plunged into.

In the meantime we sit,

quietly savoring the blessings of today.

ice